Top 5 ads from the ‘80s
3. TG Indy Mini
4. Natas Hot Knife Through Butter
Top 5 ads from the ‘90s
1. Dear George
3. Huf Jugs
5. Journey to the End of the Night: Julien
Top 5 ads from the ‘00s
5. Found: Former Child Star Guy Mariano
Top 5 most perplexing ads
2. Ocean Pacific Hamburger Guy
3. Jeff Jones
5. Brad Staba perhaps?
Top 5 overlooked video parts
4. Pat Brennan in Celebraty Tropical Fish
Top 5 people who have turned you down for interviews
1. I was real close to getting a Blender interview once
2. I was even closer to interviewing Natas. That would’ve been sick
3. Chris Branaugh
4. Most people just agree to email interviews and when I send them a list of questions, I never to hear back from them again
5. Haven’t asked Rickk yet but I’ve heard the odds are against me
Top 5 reasons why it’s fun to look back
1. It was all so simple then
2. Some things are timeless
3. It’s amazing how much stuff you forget
4. You can figure out who those dudes are on Krooked Guest Boards
5. Seems like companies took bigger risks when the industry was broke
Top 5 songs in skate videos
1. The second half of Burnt –Hieroglyphics
2. Brave Captain – Firehose
3. Symptom of the Universe – Black Sabbath
4. The Knife Song – Milk
5. A Little Ethnic Song – J Mascis
*Lifetime Achievement Award: Johnny Rad
Top 5 websites
1. The ‘Tap, fool!
2. Everyone lurks the Slap Forum
3. Quartersnacks.com does a good job
4. They probably want me to say alreadybeendone.com
5. Youwillsoon.blogspot.com
Top 5 other things to archive
1. I think the site is nerdy enough
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Top 5 people who haven’t yet appeared on Chrome Ball
1. Daniel Gesmer
2. Bill Danforth
3. Dan “Booger” Brown
4. Duc and John
5. Sam Smyth
Top 5 people you’ve come in contact with because of Chrome Ball
1. Cardiel congratulating me on that Nike colorway was altogether surreal
2. Talking to Gino on my lunch break. No biggies
3. Busenitz referring to his win at Tampa five days earlier as “horseshit” was pretty rad
4. Jamie Thomas tells amazing stories cause he was sober for everything
5. I got drunk at Max Fish and tried speaking Spanish to Chris Pfanner once. I don’t know Spanish
Top 5 skate shoes of all time
1. Airwalk Enigmas
2. Half-Cabs
3. Chukka Boots
4. The O.G. SLB 23s
5. Those navy blue Rudy Johnsons with the big white DC on the back were sick
Top 5 board graphics
1. Duane Pitre Olives
2. Gabriel vs. the Crusher 101
3. Lance Mountain’s Future Primitive
4. Blender’s Coffee Break
5. Thiebaud’s Hanging Klansman
Top 5 things you want to know about Mike Carroll
1. For God’s sake, what is the apple trick?
2. What are you most proud of in your career and what would you’ve done differently?
3. Twenty years later, thoughts on Steve Rocco?
4. What are some song ideas you had for past parts that didn’t work out?
5. In their prime: Henry or Guy?
Top 5 pieces of hearsay that you found to be true
1. As corny as it is to say, skateboarding really is the best thing ever
2. You can’t judge too much by a video part, see them skate in person
3. Willy Santos didn’t invent the Willy grind and he hates it when you ask him about it
4. Nobody fucks with Daniel Harold Stuart
5. People love to make shit up
Top 5 magazine covers of all time
1. Jeremy Wray, water tower gap
2. Natas, wallride
5. Markovich kickflipping the Carlsbad Gap
Top 5 things that try as you might, you just can’t find
1. Kareem Campbell’s full interview in Rappages magazine, 1993
2. I can never find Rickk’s “Canadian Maple” Plan B ad
3. Coco and Sheffey both ollieing that gap in NYC. I think it was in a calendar
4. I’ve been trying for years to find that record by the band that did Markus’ and Ocean’s songs in Risk It, the Eclipse. I know it’s pretty nerdy
5. Lennie Kirk
Top 5 reasons why magazines are still relevant
1. You won’t find a stack of internet links in a closet 10 years from now.
2. Instant hardcopy!
3. What else are you going to do in study hall? (Do they still have study hall?)
4. Magazine subscriptions give the mailman something to do
5. Paper Slap > Online Slap. No offense guys
Top 5 things that won’t be appearing on Chrome Ball
1. Convicted murderers
2. A short interview cause I suck at editing and want to include everything
3. No more benihana photos
4. “You should do a post on my boy. You don’t know him but he was sponsored by some shop in Cali. I think he had an ad.”
5. Jed Walters. He didn’t have any ads